In many countries, the motto today is: Move away from the combustion engine towards the electric car. This is how we want to counter “disruptive” climate change. But the switch to pure electric mobility is difficult for various technical, political and economic reasons. One solution to this dilemma is the hybrid or plug-in hybrid. […]

Among the many possible applications of artificial intelligence, an impressive use case stands out: the visual recognition and analysis of materials and products in video streams and images. This process is the starting point for countless application possibilities in a wide variety of industries. The underlying principle is that pure analytics gains knowledge, however, but […]

Many companies think that the basis of digital transformation is in analytics platforms and applications. However, central business process systems such as SAP are just as important. It is essential to combine the worlds of real-time analytics and core systems in order to leverage the full potential of experience and expertise. But that’s easier […]

While we are discussing digital rest periods and rest day regulations in Germany, more and more globally positioned services and businesses are operating in 24/7 mode. They call themselves “Always on Enterprises”. Whether the human psyche and physique can keep up with this pace unharmed is a matter for debate. For companies that want to […]

I’ve just returned from my vacation in Asia with a wealth of impressions. The thing that fascinated me most was how thousands of customers, stall holders, and suppliers encounter each other at the food and fish markets. Unbelievable interaction in such a small space. Everyone talks and negotiates with everyone else. European standards and habits […]

In the first FlexPod post I dealt with the fact that FlexPod – the converged infrastructure stack – impresses customers with its versatility. This gem among the private clouds can excel with its 170 validated designs. In the second part of my blog series, I focus on virtualization and collaboration with 3D FlexPod – a […]

For 3 years now, the market development of the converged IT stack Flexpod has been one of my tasks at NetApp. And during this time I have often wondered whether the general run on hyperconverged systems could make the solution less attractive to our customers – it didn’t! Demand for converged infrastructures (CIs) remains at […]